A multicenter experience with generic tacrolimus conversion.

abstract：:The value of percutaneous core needle biopsy in the immunohistological evaluation of renal allograft dysfunction was studied in 72 consecutive biopsies performed in 42 patients. The phenotypes of infiltrating cells mediating graft destruction were identified with monoclonal antibodies and immunoperoxidase staining tec...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Waltzer WC,Miller F,Arnold A,Anaise D,Rapaport FT

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Intrahepatic infusion is the most common method of islet autotransplantation. Structural and functional changes within the liver may result from a number of factors, including embolization of the terminal branches of the portal vein, the effects of high insulin concentration on surrounding hepatocytes or resp...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Ong SL,Pollard C,Rees Y,Garcea G,Webb M,Illouz S,Berry DP,Dennison AR

更新日期：2008-06-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The risk of transmitting a hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection from donor kidneys with a past HBV serological profile may be negligible. Data on HBV transmission to kidney transplant recipients from donor organs that were anti-HBc/HBsAg in Italy has not been previously reported. Anti-HBc testing in cadaver org...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： De Feo TM,Grossi P,Poli F,Mozzi F,Messa P,Minetti E,Sandrini S,Boschiero L,Rigotti P,Maresca C,Rolla D,Chiaramonte S,Gotti E,Caldara R,Briano G,Scalamogna M

更新日期：2006-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The use of anti-B-cell and T-cell immunosuppressive agents leads to only a few weeks' survival of mouse-to-rat cardiac xenografts. METHODS:BALB/c cardiac xenografts were transplanted to Lewis rats treated with cyclosporine (CsA) and/or cobra venom factor (CVF). RESULTS:CsA alone did not prolong xenograft s...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Koyamada N,Miyatake T,Candinas D,Mark W,Hechenleitner P,Hancock WW,Soares MP,Bach FH

更新日期：1998-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied major histocompatibility complex (MHC) and cytokine mRNA induction after renal injury in the absence of interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma) using IFN-gamma gene knockout (GKO) mice. The left renal pedicle of normal (wild-type) and GKO BALB/c mice was clamped for 60 minutes; cytokine and MHC mRNA expression were mo...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Goes N,Urmson J,Vincent D,Halloran PF

更新日期：1995-12-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Preliminary studies showed an excellent success rate of kidney grafts in patients with high pretransplantation serum levels of IgA autoantibodies directed against the Fab region of the human IgG molecule. METHODS:With the collaboration of 30 centers from around the world, we attempted to verify the role of ...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Süsal C,Döhler B,Opelz G

更新日期：2000-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Donor organ shortage represents a major problem in lung transplantation. Donation after cardiac death could help to expand the pool of organs, but the additional period of warm ischemia after cardiac arrest aggravates primary graft dysfunction. The pulmonary endothelium of the graft constitutes an important ...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Preissler G,Loehe F,Huff IV,Ebersberger U,Shuvaev VV,Bittmann I,Hermanns I,Kirkpatrick JC,Fischer K,Eichhorn ME,Winter H,Jauch KW,Albelda SM,Muzykantov VR,Wiewrodt R

更新日期：2011-08-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Although FK506 has been widely investigated as a potent suppressor of organ allograft rejection in animals, little is known about the effect of FK506 on T cell responses to allografts in vivo. In the present study, we have studied the effect of FK506 on the induction of allocytolytic T lymphocyte using mice primed wit...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Maruyama M,Suzuki H,Yamashita N,Yano S

更新日期：1990-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Vaccine-preventable viral infections are associated with increased risk of morbidity and mortality in immunocompromised patients. Current guidelines recommend routine screening and vaccination of all patients before solid organ transplantation. We studied rates of immunity against vaccine-preventable viruses...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Gardiner A,Liu K,Bonnichsen M,Joshi V,Davis RJ,Strasser SI

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To optimize the methods used for human islet isolation for transplantation, it is important to improve our understanding of the structure of the islet-exocrine interface. In this study, the composition of collagen subtypes in the interface have been characterized and quantified in human pancreas. METHODS:Hu...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Hughes SJ,Clark A,McShane P,Contractor HH,Gray DW,Johnson PR

更新日期：2006-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:To determine the importance of static lung inflation during storage, graft performance was evaluated at different levels of intratracheal pressure and varying ischemic intervals. Lewis rat lungs were perfused with low-potassium Euro-Collins and stored for 4 or 8 hr either in atelectasis (4 hr: group I; 8 hr: group IV,...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Hausen B,Ramsamooj R,Hewitt CW,Schroder F,Beuke M,Poets CF,Schafers HJ

更新日期：1996-12-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Erythropoietin (EPO) is widely used among patients with end-stage renal disease awaiting transplantation. Data suggest that EPO therapy may be immunomodulatory. The purpose of this study was to assess the effects of pretransplant EPO therapy on renal allograft outcome. We evaluated 120 consecutive renal transplant rec...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Vasquez EM,Pollak R

更新日期：1996-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Transplant recipients who develop COVID-19 may be at increased risk for morbidity and mortality. Determining the status of antibodies against SARS-CoV-2 in both candidates and recipients will be important to understand the epidemiology and clinical course of COVID-19 in this population. While there are multi...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Bray RA,Lee JH,Brescia P,Kumar D,Nong T,Shih R,Woodle ES,Maltzman JS,Gebel HM

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:When a deceased-donor kidney is offered to a waitlisted candidate, the decision to accept or decline the organ relies primarily upon a practitioner's experience and intuition. Such decisions must achieve a delicate balance between estimating the immediate benefit of transplantation and the potential for futu...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Bertsimas D,Kung J,Trichakis N,Wojciechowski D,Vagefi PA

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of dietary (10% calories) safflower (SAF), evening primrose (EPO), and fish oil (F) as sources of linoleic acid (control), gamma-linolenic acid, and long-chain n-3 fatty acids, respectively, on cardiovascular and renal responses to chronic (5 weeks) cyclosporine administration were studied in male borderli...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Mills DE,Ward RP,McCutcheon D,Dixon H,Ly H,Scholey J

更新日期：1992-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The possible ability of the mixed-epidermal-cell-lymphocyte reaction (MECLR) to detect alloreactivities in HLA-identical MLR negative siblings has been investigated before grafting in 30 donor-recipients pairs and their families. Results indicate that recipients' epidermal cells (EC) can induce proliferative responses...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Bagot M,Cordonnier C,Tilkin AF,Heslan M,Vernant JP,Dubertret L,Levy JP

更新日期：1986-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To maximize the renal donor pool, cadaveric pediatric en bloc kidneys have been transplanted as a dual unit by some transplant centers. We compared the short- and long-term outcomes of adult recipients of cadaveric pediatric en bloc renal transplants versus those of matched recipients of cadaveric adult kidn...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Hobart MG,Modlin CS,Kapoor A,Boparai N,Mastroianni B,Papajcik D,Flechner SM,Goldfarb DA,Fischer R,O'Malley KJ,Novick AC

更新日期：1998-12-27 00:00:00

abstract：:A technique for simplified heterotopic rat heart transplantation having only aorto-aortic anastomosis is presented. The heterotopic rt heart survives and functions well when one lung lobe is attached t the transplantation and functions as a reservoir. Iso- and allotransplants are compared by electrocardiogram (ECG) de...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Lee S,Macedo AR,Curtis GP,Lee D,Orloff MJ

更新日期：1982-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We retrospectively compared the clinical and financial impact of a final cross-match by T cell flow cytometry (FXM) versus conventional complement-dependent cytotoxicity (CXM) in consecutive primary cadaveric kidney (K) and primary simultaneous cadaveric pancreas-kidney (SPK) transplant recipients. Mean follow-up was ...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Pelletier RP,Orosz CG,Adams PW,Bumgardner GL,Davies EA,Elkhammas EA,Henry ML,Ferguson RM

更新日期：1997-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Neither the presence nor the specific role of secretory cytokines in in vivo allograft rejection has been extensively studied. We quantitated the levels of colony-stimulating factors, tumor necrosis factor, and interleukin 1 within the rejecting allograft. BALB/c (H-2d) mice were implanted with polyurethane sponges co...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Ford HR,Hoffman RA,Wing EJ,Magee DM,McIntyre LA,Simmons RL

更新日期：1990-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:LBNF1 cardiac allografts (Tx) are rejected within 36 hr in LEW rats sensitized with BN skin Tx 7 days earlier, compared to 8-day rejection in unmodified hosts. Treatment with cyclosporine or ART-18, an anti-interleukin 2 receptor (IL-2[R]) mAb monoclonal antibody, abrogates accelerated rejection and prolongs...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Kupiec-Weglinski JW,Sablinski T,Hancock WW,Di Stefano R,Mariani G,Mix CT,Tilney NL

更新日期：1991-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glucocorticoids (GC) inhibit IL-2 gene transcription by interfering with the binding of the nuclear factor activator protein-1 on the IL-2 promoter. Calcineurin, a Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent protein phosphatase, is an essential component of the T cell antigen receptor signal transduction pathway leading to IL-2 gene tr...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Paliogianni F,Boumpas DT

更新日期：1995-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:T lymphocyte activation mediated by CD28 costimulation plays a critical role in graft rejection. Plant alkaloid tetrandrine, purified from a Chinese antirheumatic herb, is a potent immunosuppressant. Here, we examined its effects on several CD28-costimulated T-cell activities. In addition, such effects were ...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Lai JH,Ho LJ,Kwan CY,Chang DM,Lee TC

更新日期：1999-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Antithymocyte globulin (ATG) has been used successfully for induction therapy as well as for treatment of established allograft rejection. However, this therapy has often been associated with problems of overimmunosuppression and increased costs. In a randomized clinical trial, we compared the immunosuppressive benefi...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Abouna GM,al-Abdullah IH,Kelly-Sullivan D,Kumar MS,Loose J,Phillips K,Yost S,Seirka D

更新日期：1995-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Dendritic cells (DC) can exert powerful immune stimulatory as well as regulatory functions and are therefore important tools for therapeutic strategies. Dexamethasone (Dex) was previously shown to inhibit DC maturation and to induce regulatory properties both in vitro and in vivo. Here, we investigated the i...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Stax AM,Gelderman KA,Schlagwein N,Essers MC,Kamerling SW,Woltman AM,van Kooten C

更新日期：2008-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Mice immunized with allogeneic cells exhibit a local component of cellular immunity that is confined to lymph nodes draining the site of immunization. After immunization of C3H mice by skin grafting or by i.p. or footpad injection of F1 hybrid spleen cells, draining lymph nodes show increased responsiveness toward the...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Snow C,Hilgard HR

更新日期：1981-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of this prospective, multicenter, noncomparative, open-label trial was to evaluate the prophylactic use of caspofungin in adult liver transplant recipients at high risk of developing invasive fungal infections (IFI). METHODS:Patients received caspofungin for at least 21 days. A successful treatment o...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Fortún J,Martín-Dávila P,Montejo M,Muñoz P,Cisneros JM,Ramos A,Aragón C,Blanes M,San Juan R,Gavaldá J,Llinares P,GESITRA Study Group.

更新日期：2009-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Recently, methylxanthines such as pentoxifylline (PTX) were shown to be immunosuppressive in vitro. Unfortunately, when used in transplant patients, PTX was poorly active as an immunosuppressant. Here we report that the new methylxanthine derivative A802715 not only is more active than PTX, it also suppresse...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Lin Y,Goebels J,Rutgeerts O,Kasran A,Van Gool S,Ceuppens J,Schönharting M,Waer M

更新日期：1997-06-27 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to determine the changes of hepatic sinusoidal endothelial cell (SEC) function in acute liver rejection with respect to receptor-mediated endocytosis. Orthotopic rat liver transplantation was performed in Lewis rats grafted with DA livers and in Lewis rats grafted with Lewis livers as rej...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Yokoi Y,Nakamura S,Muro H,Baba S

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The immune response to cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection is highly complex, including humoral, cellular, innate, and adaptive immune responses. Detection of CMV by the innate immune system triggers production of type I IFNs and inflammatory cytokines which initiate cellular and humoral responses that are critical during...

journal_title：Transplantation

authors： Carbone J

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00